Unskippable

Unskippable is a weekly web series in which video game cinematic sections are satirized by voice-over, in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000. The series began when Graham Stark and Paul Saunders, of the sketch comedy website LoadingReadyRun, submitted a video mocking the opening cutscene of Lost Planet to online magazine The Escapist's Second Annual Film Festival. The video tied for first place and, as a result, Stark and Saunders have continued to submit videos on a weekly basis.

Graham:(as Chris, casually) So, uh, I can bench, like, five hundred pounds. Just puttin' that out there.

[From their hiding place, Chris and Sheva see the man just helped them being held down on his knees, on a raised platform, surrounded by a screaming mob, with a man holding a massive axe right beside him]

[The scene shows a golden statue of a man sitting on a throne, wearing a huge suit of armor]

Melissa:(narrating) The king was a gentle person who was a bit on the small side. (Graham and Paul giggle) But he crafted a giant suit of armor that convinced his enemies to surrender without a single fight.

Graham: So unlike Napoleon, his small man complex actually worked.

Melissa: Afterwards, they found such warmth in his smile that they bowed down to him in humility.

Paul: Which brought them down to just about his eye-level.

Graham: Small guy.

[After the narration, two jet planes had fired missiles at the King's Bridge, destroying it and making Melissa cry out at the loss of her daughter]

Melissa: I vaguely hear a scream of terror that sounds much like my own voice from afar.

Graham:(as Melissa) And I was like "Shut up, I'm trying to scream in terror over here!"

[During Melissa's next bit of narration]

Graham: Oh, I just realized where I recognize that voice from. I'm getting Eternal Sonata flashbacks.

Paul: Okay, just calm down, okay?

Graham: Oh no...

[As the opening credits roll, Melissa explains the backstory of the game while still shots and newspaper clippings show across the screen]

[The lave begins to overwhelm the battlefield, decimating both armies and their machines]:

Paul: You know, people casually try to overclock their system and they don't really see the damage it does. All those poor little ones and zeroes... So sad.

Graham: Exactly. Even when you get that little prompt asking you if you want to force-quit your pirated copy of Barbie's Horse Adventure, there's a lot riding on that. They just don't think about that.

Paul: Now I know people are being slaughtered in the streets, their houses are being destroyed and grenades are exploding everywhere, but with this painterly graphics and this fuzzy white border, I'm still relaxed.

[After the soldiers are defeated, Alicia is seen standing over their bodies]

Paul: Oh I've got it! I just realized who she reminds me of. Her hair totally makes her look like Klonoa.